Corroboration of the utility of the Satz-Mogel abbreviated WAIS with hospitalized geriatric patients |
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| Authors: | John E. Burns Merrill F. Elias Allen G. Hitchcock Ross St. Germain |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Bangor Mental Health Institute , Bangor, Maine, 04401, U.S.A.;2. Department of Psychology , University of Maine at Orono , Orono, Maine, 04469, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | The equivalency of standard and Satz-Mogel WAIS scales for psychiatrically hospitalized geriatric patients was explored further in a followup study using a repeated measures design. The two WAIS forms were found to be closely equivalent in test-retest reliability and to have highly similar means and standard deviations. Strong support was given to the authors' previous conclusion that the Satz-Mogel short form of the WAIS may be used interchangeably with the standard WAIS in the clinical assessment of geriatric subjects hospitalized in public psychiatric institutions. |
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